Just one just judge

A new friend recently made a comment about doing something that would probably break the Sabbath but it was just the point he's at spiritually. It invoked a pretty strong reaction in me because I thought about Jesus saying that He is Lord of the sabbath and not the other way around. So, I looked up Matthew 12 and there's a lot I never noticed before. The order of things in the Bible fascinates me, and I feel Jesus had a theme of hope and burden-lifting versus judging and meting out justice going on in Matthew 11-12. Well, really the theme shows up throughout his whole life. It was good to look back over my old blogs today - they ministered to my weary soul. I've been a wave getting tossed about by other waves lately, and I'm deciding now what I want to/am going to do about it. I'll find out soon, and I think this helped... Thoughts on Justice and Judging from Matthew 11-12 Matthew 11 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence,[d] and violent people have been raiding it. 13 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds. THIS all shows their lens of looking through the lens of rules - setting themselves up as judges and doling out their definition of justice. Then Jesus comes and says, "No, this isn't what I want - I want you to sacrifice your position as a judge and instead be merciful." Then he says.... “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” These words distinguish Jesus from most of us "followers". The church can often place such heavy burdens - people will leave the church just to be free of the burdens they feel or imagine. But Jesus came to take our heavy load rather than to lay burdens on us. Though he was perfect his heart was humble. How then can we imperfect beings have such pretentious hearts? How can our hearts be harsh and prideful? Who was making the weary tired? Who was heaping the burdens on them? If not Jesus, who thought they had the right to administer "justice"? At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath The Pharisees were just waiting for someone to do something wrong so they could pounce on them! ”If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a] you would not have condemned the innocent. (They had condemned his disciples for picking grain as they walked - hungry - through the fields 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, 10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” The power to do good comes from God, so if it wasn't okay wouldn't he just withhold his power? Or did they think that they were actually the ones doing the healing? 11 He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. (Jesus was taking away their perceived power as judges of others' conduct.) This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. 19 He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory. 21 In his name the nations will put their hope.”[b] When will we put our hope in him